📖 Publication Day Book Review ~ To Love A Liar by L V Matthews

Penguin
11 September 2025

My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book to review

CHRIS FLETCHER IS A MAN WITH SECRETS . . .

One woman dead.

Nineteen years ago, policeman Chris Fletcher's lover was found dead in an abandoned house.

One woman missing.

Now, his loyal wife has disappeared without a trace.

A man with everything to lose.

There's no doubt that he's guilty, but of which crime?

📖  My Review…

Chris Fletcher is an undercover police officer who, in the past, was involved in some particularly harrowing clandestine investigations. Twenty years later, Chris and his wife Jill are currently in hiding pending an inquest into the death of a young woman, who was once intimately involved with Chris. This case is really high profile and as such ignites the interest of the general public, especially on social media platforms, who all seem to have their own divided opinions on what really happened all those years ago.

This is a gritty, and rather dark, story which offers background into the investigation in which Chris played a major part but which also looks at the psychological damage done to police officers who, when deep undercover, have to put aside everything about their personal lives and take up a completely new identity. On many levels, it’s a disturbing story, Chris is a deeply troubled individual and has been badly traumatised by past events but it is the impact of these revelations on his wife Jill where the real difficulties start to emerge.

In a story in which I was never quite sure where the truth ended and the lies began, To Love A Liar is a compelling and suspenseful thriller which kept me turning the pages long into the night.

About The Author

L V Matthews worked for 10 years in both domestic and international sales for major UK publishing houses, before leaving to pursue a career in writing. She has always been fascinated by the grit of the human psyche, and what drives people to act in the dark ways that they do.

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